How often do you train?

[MuscleM4n]

3-4 days a week...very intense 45mins lifting a session, that's it.

 

[Akkers]

4 days out of every seven, intense 60 min sessions, cardio 3 times a week for 30 minutes. And thats me done.

 

[buildingup]

i just do weights every other day splitting up into groups -
bi,tri, legs
back, abs
chest
shoulders, traps

 

[The Monkey Man]

I don't know? everyday?

 

[sgtneo]

4 day split for me

 

[Marky]

im doing Gregg Avedon's Push-PUll advance

monday- chest, shoulders, tris (four exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 8)), abs

tuesday- legs, back, bis (four exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 8))

Thursday- chest, shoulders, tris (four exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 8)), abs

friday- legs, back, bis (four exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 8))

saturday-abs if im up for it

 

[buildingup]

thats seems like a hard routine, could lead to overtraining

 

[GFR]

im doing Gregg Avedon's Push-PUll advance

monday- chest, shoulders, tris (two exercises each. (15, 12, ), abs

tuesday- legs, back, bis (two exercises each. (15, 12, )

Thursday- chest, shoulders, tris (three exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 10), abs

friday- legs, back, bis (three exercises each. pyramid (12, 8, 6, 4, 10)

saturday-abs if im up for it

This would be better IMO.

 

[Cowbell]

I do weights mon/wed/fri then throw in abs in between and cardio whenever I feel like it.

 

[da jock]

About 13x's a month when I ave. it out

 

[mikah]

me:

1 cardio-yoga class (60 min class)
2 cardio-weights-yoga
3 cardio-yoga
4 cardio-yoga
5 cardio-yoga-weights

 

[DoubleJoy]

The mon/wed/fri thing is not the best way to train. You need to pay attention to your body and train once your body has fully recovered. Pete Sisco has it spot on in his Static Contraction Training program.

 

[GFR]

Every other day

 

[The Monkey Man]

Every other day

Go back to work!

 

[GFR]

Just bumped it up from 3 to 5 days.....but 2 days are low volume and low intensity.

 

[camarosuper6]

usually every other day or every third day... depending on how I feel.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

The mon/wed/fri thing is not the best way to train. You need to pay attention to your body and train once your body has fully recovered. Pete Sisco has it spot on in his Static Contraction Training program.

Certain individuals could definitely find Mon/Wed/Fri ideal for them. Just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's wrong or that it can't work; on the flip side, just because everyone does it doesn't mean it's right or it does work. Just do what works for you. Whether that's what everyone else is doing is irrelevant.

 

[WannaBHB]

i know that more than likely alot of ya r gonna say that wat im doing is wrong but this is wat i do, 5 days a week

Monday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques
Tuesday - Back, Biceps, Hamstrings, Quads
Wednesday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques
Thursday - Back, Biceps, Hamstrings, Quads
Friday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques

 

[CowPimp]

i know that more than likely alot of ya r gonna say that wat im doing is wrong but this is wat i do, 5 days a week

Monday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques
Tuesday - Back, Biceps, Hamstrings, Quads
Wednesday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques
Thursday - Back, Biceps, Hamstrings, Quads
Friday - Tri, Chest, Shoulders, Abs/obliques

It's hard to take what you propose out of context. We don't know the level of volume or intensity used for each of these sessions. However, the fact that you are training your legs and back together already signals an extreme likelihood that your routine is crap.

 

[camarosuper6]

Its ok to just say it Cow... his routine is shit. Even juiced, its shit.


sorry pal :*(

 

[Burner02]

yep. way too much. don't give you body time to recover.
You are putting a small muscle in front of larger ones: tris in front of chest

U can do a whole body, 3 time per week routine, but you will have a couple days in between to recover as well as the weekend.

u can split whole body up into two days: 1/2 monday and thursday, 2nd 1/2 tues and fri. wed and weekends off

u can spilt body into one major body part per day and work that once per week. still, mon,tues, thurs, fri. (wed and weekends off)

Personally, my split is:
Chest, Bis
legs
off
Delts, Tris
Back, Traps
off
off
repeat

 

[CowPimp]

Its ok to just say it Cow... his routine is shit. Even juiced, its shit.


sorry pal :*(

I honestly think that a split similar to that is totally viable if the following changes were implemented:

• Back and legs were exercised on different days. Something like upper-lower or chest, back, shoulders-legs, arms.

• Generally, the larger muscle groups should be worked first. Don't do isolation tricep exercises before compound pressing movements.

• The level of effort, volume, and intensity were properly cycled throughout the week. Something like High-Low-Low-High-Medium-Off-Off would be acceptable in terms of an overall rating for the required effort of each workout.

• You alternated which split was performed 2 times and which split was perform 3 times weekly

• Deloading phases were incorporated as necessary

 

[WannaBHB]

alright when i said i worked on my tri and chest, i didnt mean that i worked tri b4 chest, that was just a misunderstanding

 

[SuperFlex]

4-5...

 

[LexusGS]

I never take a brake. Do this 7 days a week!!!! An average 4-5 hours per day.

 

[jwg]

Six days here.

 

[bulldogge]

using an everyother day split

spread over two weeks
week 1
m-upperbody
t-off
w-lowerbody
t-off
f-upper body
s-off
s-off
week2
m-lowerbody
t-off
w-upperbody
t-off
f-lowerbody
s-off
s-off

works for me

 

[Tough Old Man]

3 days a week

 

[BiggerStronger]

I find that it depends on whether Iâ??????m cutting or bulking...

When cutting I find that every day is necessary for me, I only lift 4 days a week but do 30 min cardio sessions on the other 3 days

When bulking 5 days a week works fine since I only do one cardio day a week during this time.

 

[ejamiec]

3 days.. doing Starting Strength and loving it..